Heater.



UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE- REYNOLDS'O. FRAMPTON, OF SWISSVALE, PENN SYLVANlA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOHN P. REINEOKE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ON E-HALF TO PITTSBURG WATER HEATER GOMPA NY, OF ALLEGHENY, PENN SYLVANIA,'A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HEATER.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RnYNoLns O. FRAMPTgN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swissva'le, in the ous Water heater commonly employed in residences andv 10 other placeswhereby in case of a downdraft through the fluegthe pilot light or other burning device will be protected from a blowout or disarrangement resulting from such downdraft, and whereby also the means for accomplishing the result referred to may be more compactly and inconspicuously installed and rendered more efiicient in operation; v

A further object of this improvement is the provision of means which in its effect upon the draft or line of draft in heaters of the type specified will afford better circulation of the heating gases than has-been heretofore attained in ordinary constructions, whereby greater efficiency inthe heating effect of the consumed gases is secured.

The above, as well as such other objectsas may hereinaiter appear, I attain by means of the construction illustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of a heater embodying my improvementa portion of the same being shown 30 as cut away or in section, and

of the heater by bolts 9 or other suitable securing devices.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on a larger scale, showing As a means for directing the currents of the consumed gases I may employ, if desired, a deflecting plate 10 which willoperate in conjunction with the cone 4 in a manner-to be hereinafter more particularly described, and around the base of the cap part 3 I arrange a plurality of egress openings 11' of sufficient capacity to answer the required purpose, which is to allow the outflow of air or gas or products of combustion which may result from a downdraft from the chimney or this to escape after it passes the part 5 of the centra cone member when such downdraft occurs,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 19, .906. Serial No. 843,977-

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

It will be observed that the particular arrangement of the plate 10 aids in forcing the currents as they come downward to pass out through theopenings'll instead of passing down through the center of the heater and blowing out or disarranging the pilot'flame 13 or other blaze. While the deflector plate 10 will materially aid in such operation, it is also evident that by virtue of the peculiar shape of the passage between the upper surfaces of the cone 4 and the cap or hood any down; draft will be directed outwardthrough the openings 11, also, so at least some of the advantages of my invention could be attained without the use of the deflector 7 plate 10. I

It will be observed that upward draft will pass around the deflector plate ld andaround the cone and out through the flue. In practice I make the suni ofthe areas of the openings 11 slightly in excess of the area of the main flue. I

Another advantage of my improvement is that it causes a better circulation of the gases in the upward 11 around the cap-is that where there is a condition of stagnation in tlie flue, as in cases where the interior of the fiue has not been heated and the gases are not passing upward, if there is a sudden increasein the blaze or 'fire in the heater as occurs where the flow of gas is controlled by some automatic device indicated diagrammatically at 14, there may be some circulation by the outflow through the openings 11 until the amount of heat which works up through the flue starts a draft and causes the heater to draw in that direction. 1

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its'use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

ported in the hood adjacent the openings and shaped to deflect downward draft outwardly through the openings.

4. The combination with a heater cap or hood provided with outwardly directed openings, and with a latemily extending plate with its inner edge upwardly directed. or

posite the openings.

6. The combination with a heater cap or hood, provided 10 with outwardly directed openings and with a laterally extending plate below the openings, of a deflector supported in the hood adjacent the openings, and comprising; a double cone with one apex extending npwnrdly nnd the other downwardly.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sinned my nnnie in the presence of the two snhsvriheil witnesses.

REYNOLDS (I. FRAMVIUN. Witnesses D. Bnnmxonn, F. E. Gu'rnnn. 

